How to Use Excel

Microsoft Excel is easy to use and has very many features so the more you use it the more you learn. The Excel spreadsheet has great documentation through the built-in help menu.

We also have a collection of Example Excel Activities that show how Excel can be used in class. There are introductory activities that focus more on the mechanics of using Excel in science context as well as more advanced activities which assume more knowledge of Excel and use it as a tool to explore more in-depth concepts.

DISCUS (more info) , created by Neville Hunt and Sidney Tyrrell 1995 School of Mathematical and Information Sciences , Coventry University, CV1 5FB, UK. The site has downloadable Excel documents that can serve as turorials, examples, and templates.

Excel Cheat Sheet(Acrobat (PDF) 94kB Jan12 06) a two-page document with the basics of using Excel from Sean Fox at Carleton College. Appropriate for college science students.